Adelphi Liddesdale Batch 9

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Bottled at 46% this Batch 9 bottling of Adelphi's Liddesdale is like the others from the Bunnahabhain distillery. Only 42 bottles of this batch found their way to Alberta. Liddesdale is named for a feature on the Ardnamurcan peninsula where Adelphi has built its first distillery of the same name.

Andrew’s Tasting Note

Nose: newly polished leather shoes, dried dark fruits and fresh apricots; creamy with honeyed toasty oak and marmalade; very pretty, decadent Demerara sugars and loose leaf tobacco.

Palate: very candied, lots of Christmas cake notes, still pretty, dried dark fruits, licorice and chocolate infused with cayenne spice; licorice root, dried ginger candies and soft new leather.

Finish: long, big, smooth and leathery with decadent spices with late tobacco.

Comment: very pretty, elegant and rich; a fine example of this label.

"Liddesdale rising gently from the southern shore of Loch Sunart, Liddesdale Brae is steeped in folklore. Some speak of the 'Devil's Acre' where the old widow 'sell'd her coo to the De'il'; nothing grows there. Others whisper of the "Fairie Knoll', protected for all time by the 'Deaf Shepherd' looking down from the skyline."

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